Melekber Hanim
| Melekber Hanimefendi | |||||
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| Died | October 1890 Alexandria, Egypt | ||||
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| Spouse | Said Pasha | ||||
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| House | House of Muhammad Ali (by marriage) | ||||
| Religion | Orthodox Christian at birth, converted to Islam after her capture | ||||
Melekber Hanimefendi (Arabic: ملك بر هانم افندی, Turkish: Melekper Hanımefendi, died October 1890) (Melekber meaning "angel wings") was the second wife of Said Pasha, Wāli of Egypt and Sudan from 1854 until 1863.
Biography
Melekber Hanimefendi was a Circassian, captured during one of the raids and was sold into slavery. She was named and was educated according to the custom of the time. Said marriage with his first wife Inji Hanimefendi did not produced any children. Melekber was selected as a concubine for Said Pasha. Though, some otherwise perceptive foreign residents were convinced that Inji Hanim was his sole consort, and a measure of the obscurity was Melekber. She bore all of Said's children.[1] After the birth of her first child Said married her, as it was necessary according to the custom to marry the mother of the successor.
After Said's death in 1863 she never remarried, and died at Alexandria in October 1890. She was buried in the Nabi Daniel Mosque, Alexandria, and was later reburied in the Al-Rifa'i Mosque, Cairo, Egypt.[2]
Children
Together with Said, Melekber had two sons:
- Prince Mahmud Bey (died young, at Alexandria, 1846);
- HH Prince Muhammad Tusun Pasha (30 April 1853 - Alexandria, 6 January 1898).
References
- ^ Beshara Doumani (February 1, 2012). Family History in the Middle East: Household, Property, and Gender. SUNY Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-791-48707-5.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ http://www.geocities.ws/hazemsakr/royal/sait.html Mehmet Sait Paşa Vali of Misir (Egypt), Sudan, Hicaz and Taşoz
External links
- Buyers, Christopher. "The Muhammad 'Ali Dynasty: Genealogy". The Royal Ark. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
- Soszynski, Henry. "Melekber". Ancestry.com, Inc. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
